Cat Filming a Bad Movie
After taking a bunch of things from the Feng sisters and returning to the villa, it was time, and he returned to his own body.
At this moment, he was playing the violin in the coffee shop.
The coffee shop was full of people.
Ever since Xia Yu won the first place in Zilang City, the coffee shop had become very lively, and now that he had won the second place in Su Province, the seats in the coffee shop required queuing.
Some of the people were music lovers, but more were those who thought they had high taste, and the rest were there to see the excitement after hearing that Xia Yu had tied the world record.
Putting the bow on the strings, Xia Yu played the Flight of the Bumblebee.
After playing it every day for so long, Xia Yu had become very proficient, and he could play the piece even with his eyes closed.
Because he still had some residual dexterity, his expression was relaxed, which made the surrounding customers feel even more impressed.
The applause lasted for half of the song's length after the brief performance.
This was due to the owner's hunger marketing; the Flight of the Bumblebee was only played once a day, and the timing was random.
Sighing at the owner's cunning, Xia Yu continued to play White Wolf.
Those who knew music found the piece equally wonderful, while those who didn't found it boring, but it was precisely because of the boredom that they felt a sense of taste.
The non-boring ones were all mass-produced, and most of a person's life is boring, so boredom is life, so the music played by Xia Yu is life.
Even if Xia Yu just played casually, those people would sit calmly and send warm applause and praise at the end.
Xia Yu understood this, so his attitude was somewhat perfunctory, but his attitude did not affect his performance, as he had no emotions to vent, and was simply playing the notes according to the song.
At 5:30, he clocked out on time, returned home, had dinner with Yuxue, and then went to Kong Hanyue's place.
The guzheng teacher that Kong Hanyue mentioned was from the north and would not arrive for a few days.
It was just right, as Xia Yu's music was still at level 3, so he was not in a hurry.
At 10:00, he took the subway home on time.
This routine was broken on Friday.
Today was the first day of Black Cat's debut, with the specific time being 7:00 pm at a small park in the city.
In order to use Black Cat's body in the evening, Xia Yu attended classes for a whole day.
In the afternoon, he used the excuse of having other things to do and asked Yuxue and Yan Wei to go to the park together.
After the two left home, Xia Yu logged into Black Cat's body.
Black Cat was currently being held by Yan Wei.
Yawning, Xia Yu looked around boredly. Before using Black Cat's body, he had always walked with his own claws, this was the first time he was held by someone.
"Xiaoxue, what's it supposed to look like?" Yan Wei had been suddenly recruited by Xia Yu, and she wasn't clear about the situation.
During the day at school, she was happy to see Xia Yu invite her, but she didn't expect to do this kind of thing.
"I'm not sure, I heard it's like the cat and dog race before, where they move through obstacles with agility," Yuxue said.
"Can Little Black do it?" Yan Wei looked at Xia Yu with a doubtful gaze.
"Meow!" Xia Yu waved his paw.
"It should be fine, I guess." Yuxue was also uncertain. Sometimes, the black cat listened to her very well, but most of the time he didn't like to bother with her at all.
She tentatively reached out her hand toward the black cat.
Seeing that the black cat obediently high-fived her, Yuxue became excited: "No problem, it's in obedient mode!"
Does your cat have different modes?
Although she was puzzled, Yan Wei didn't ask the question out loud because they had already arrived at the park.
The cat food manufacturer had already applied to the Zi Luan government, and they could use the small park for the night.
In the park, there was a big photography set, and about forty people were waiting for two people and a cat.
Among these people, only five were staff from the cat food manufacturer, and the rest were just curious old men and women.
Among the five staff, the leader was a young man who came up to Yuxue and introduced himself before getting to the point.
Yan Wei handed Xia Yu over to Yuxue and stood aside, watching. Her mission was to keep an eye on Yuxue, in case anything happened.
However, nothing was likely to happen with so many old people watching.
Yuxue held Xia Yu as she listened to the young man explain the arrangement of the script.
"The idea is that we will place a fish on one side and our cat food on the other side. The path to the fish will be smooth, while the path to the cat food will be difficult. Little Black needs to skillfully navigate the difficult path and then eat the cat food."
Yuxue looked at Xia Yu, and after seeing him nod, she nodded as well, indicating that she understood.
"Alright, let's begin!" The young man turned around and hurried others, "Hey, old folks, please give us some space."
After the props were set up, Yuxue put Xia Yu on the track.
The track was about half a meter above the ground, with two paths: one was pitch-black, full of rocks and tree branches blocking the way; the other was well-lit, with flower petals laid on top.
There were also small cameras placed on top of the track, aiming for multi-angle shooting, demonstrating a serious attitude.
But Xia Yu couldn't get serious.
He knew that the young man wanted to show how delicious their cat food was by having a cat prefer to walk a thorny path to eat cat food rather than walking a spacious road to eat fish.
However, the emotion was too flat, and the plot lacked any twists and turns.
Xia Yu was quite dissatisfied with this crude script.
But since the customer was paying, he would do as they requested.
Sighing, Xia Yu groomed his fur and took a step forward.
Acting is not just about following the script; there's an old saying in Hollywood: "If a scene is about what the scene is about, then you've fallen into a trap."
This meant that actors should not be mere puppets when acting.
There should be a subtext within the text.
Xia Yu had already entered the role. He first looked at the cat food route, then at the fish route, hesitated for a moment, raised his right paw, moving it to the right and then to the left.
Finally, he made up his mind and placed his right paw in the direction of the cat food. He walked slowly at first, then began to run, crossing all the barriers and tree branches along the way, climbing up the tall stone mountain, and arrived at the cat food. He lowered his head and took a bite of the cat food.
It tasted pretty good.
"Good!" The young man shouted happily, and the elders around also applauded.
The five staff members happily gathered together, watching the video they had recorded.
They had prepared to spend three or four hours here but hadn't expected this black cat to be so amazing and pass in one go.
Yan Wei walked over, picked up Xia Yu, and looked at him in surprise.
"Xiao Hei, you're amazing!" She lifted Xia Yu high.
Xia Yu rolled his eyes. He knew he was great, but at this moment, his mind was dwelling on the script.
The problem with this script was huge.
After performing it once, he discovered another issue.
The challenges on the cat food route were meant to demonstrate the difficulty in obtaining cat food and highlight its attractiveness to cats. However, Xia Yu had skillfully avoided all obstacles without any difficulty, easily getting hold of the cat food.
To think that the first scene would be such a lousy script truly made the cat regretful.
If he were a human, he could discuss it with the young man, but he was a cat.
Sighing again, Xia Yu was about to give up and resign himself to acting in a bad play as a cat.
At this moment, the young man furrowed his brow: "Something doesn't feel right."
After pacing around for two circles, he still couldn't pinpoint what was off.
The other staff members tried to persuade the young man, but he insisted on figuring it out.
This guy still had some ambition.
Jumping down from Yan Wei's arms, Xia Yu walked back to the wooden platform.